Thomas Schulze - Financial Services Business Analyst

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Kirchheim bei München, Germany

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Experience

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024

4 months

Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Testing

IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE)

Enhancement of the web app for regulatory content (PRIIPs) in the insurance sector
Process adjustments and automation for report creation and text and cost changes
Display and review of current performance and risk figures
Functional and regression testing with Microfocus ALM
UAT

Feb 2023 - Jan 2025

2 years

Business Analyst, Partial Project Management

Bayerische Landesbank

Consolidation of trading platforms (KITT)
Quality assurance: reconciliation of OTC derivatives cash flows between Summit and Front Arena
Adjustments in X-Gen
Decommissioning of the Summit trading system and OneSumX reporting platform
Archiving in compliance with tax regulations
Definition and tracking of tasks via Jira
Decommissioning of interfaces, including IBM MQ and Swift
Outsourcing to external service providers
Technical documentation (operations, processes) in Confluence
Test design and execution, test management

Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

2 years

Business Analyst Regulatory Affairs

IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE)

Implementation of PRIIPs extensions for funds and insurance products across Europe
Creation of documents and review of performance and risk figures
IDD documents for German insurance companies (Insurance Distribution Directive)
SFDR documents for funds and insurance products across Europe, pre-contractual and periodic
TCFD documents for British funds (Climate Related Financial Disclosures)
Web app for entering, displaying and changing the texts for the above documents
Data management in the data warehouse, implementation in Oracle
Go-live and post-go-live support

Feb 2021 - Oct 2021

9 months

Business Analyst, Test Manager

Bayerische Landesbank

Consolidation of trading platforms (KITT)
Migration of counterparty master data and payment transaction data (accounts, settlement instructions) to Front Arena
Migration of money market, foreign exchange and derivatives transactions
Business analysis and design
Export of customer and account data using SQL
Automated MTM and cash flow reconciliation
Export of transaction data using SQL in FpML target format
Test planning and execution

Aug 2020 - Mar 2021

8 months

Business Analyst Fund Reporting

IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE)

Fund reporting for key accounts
Holdings lists and fund valuation
Performance and risk reporting
Quality assurance and analysis of IT issues
Creation of a tutorial for training new employees
Training of internal employees
Interface management for productive feeds into the data warehouse
Data analysis, test management, provider management

Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

1 year 2 months

Data Analyst

IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE)

Connecting new Back Office and Middle Office feeds to the Data Warehouse (funds and their instruments: stocks and stock options, bonds and bond options, interest rate futures)
Analyzing delivered data and checking it against the requirements
Defect management and tester support
Functional and technical support for migrations
Interface management for production feeds into the Data Warehouse
Data analysis, data modeling, ETL, ELT
Provider management, process optimization and process documentation
Specification and testing of interface changes

Dec 2011 - Aug 2020

8 years 9 months

Business Analyst, Test Manager, Partial Project Manager

Bayerische Landesbank

Selection and implementation of the B&S STP Trader with a web-based front end for savings banks (SaaS)
FX, Money Market and interest rate derivatives
Design of regulatory requirements (EMIR, MiFID-II and PRIIP-VO)
Partial project management, business analysis, migration and test concept
Interfaces for confirmation, booking and payment
Test automation
Interface to the pricing tool for interest rate derivatives
Functional and technical documentation
Replacement of the confirmation matching system: system selection, business analysis, parameterization, master data migration, release change (Summit Release 6.0 and 6.2)
Business analysis, test case creation, support for interface testing, error analysis
Back Office System FX and Money Market: business analysis, design of interfaces (confirmation, booking, payment), test management, test automation, UAT, functional and technical documentation, defect management, functional and regulatory enhancements and release changes, process analysis and adjustments

Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 2 months

Lead Business Analyst, Test Manager

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Consolidation of trading systems
Business migration (interest rate derivatives, Money Market, FX, Bonds, Bond Options, CDS, Schuldscheine) from Front Arena, Acumen and Paris to Summit
Introduction of the Summit Schuldschein module

May 2009 - Nov 2010

1 year 7 months

Project Manager, Lead Business Analyst, Test Manager

Hypo Real Estate Bank AG

Introduction of the Summit Collateral module: project management, requirements analysis, parameterization, definition of test cases, implementation support
Consolidation of trading systems: business migration (interest rate derivatives, Money Market, FX, Futures, Bonds, Bond Options, CDS, Schuldscheine) from Front Arena, Acumen and Paris to Summit
Lead Business Analyst and introduction of the Summit Schuldschein module

Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

8 months

Business Analyst, Test Manager

HypoVereinsbank – UniCredit – Deutschland

Enhancement of Front Arena
Specification of adjustments and enhancements
Test management and documentation

Jan 2006 - Sep 2008

2 years 9 months

Senior Business Analyst, Test Manager, Project Manager

Commerzbank AG

Risk and P&L reporting in the middle office: project management, requirements analysis and functional specifications, definition of test cases and test support, user training
Migration from Front Arena to Summit: sub-project management for the migration of structured securities and asset swaps, specification of Summit enhancements, analysis of the differences between Front Arena and Summit
Market data reporting for risk controlling and MaRisk: specification and implementation

Jul 2005 - Dec 2005

6 months

Senior Business Analyst, Project Manager

Aareal Bank AG

Effective interest rate accounting in Summit: analysis of requirements and Summit functionality, analysis of the interface to SAP, specification of the required enhancements
Trade confirmations for interest rate and credit derivatives in Summit: requirements analysis for Swift and email confirmations, programming in Summit-SDL

Oct 2004 - Jan 2005

4 months

Business Analyst, Project Manager

BayernLB

Improvement of FX disposition: project management, requirements analysis and comparison with standard reports in Summit, specification, test support

Feb 2002 - May 2002

4 months

Business Analyst

Aareal Bank AG

Pricing and risk calculation of interest rate derivatives: analysis of Summit parameterization, examination of static and market data, proposals for improving pricing and risk calculation

Sep 2000 - Jun 2005

4 years 10 months

Business Analyst, Project Manager, Test Manager

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

Implementation of the Summit trading system: implementation and migration concept, parameterization, specification and programming of interfaces, definition of test cases, test support, provider management, training, release changes
Collateral management: requirements analysis, process organization, specification of the interfaces to the trading system, implementation and training

Nov 1998 - Jul 2002

3 years 9 months

Business Analyst

BayernLB

Introduction of the Summit trading system: Analysis of existing transactions, specification and testing of the migration from the legacy system, parameterization, user training, trade and fixing confirmations
Introduction of Summit in the Interest Rate Derivatives Back Office: Analysis of processes in the Interest Rate Derivatives Back Office, process optimization
Euro conversion in Summit: Project responsibility, testing of functionality
Introduction of a commodity trading system: Selection of the trading system, support with the introduction of Endur

Apr 1998 - Nov 1998

8 months

Business Analyst

Commerzbank AG

Summit interfaces: Connecting the Summit trading system to the customer's data warehouse, analysis of the products to be connected, interface specification, project management for implementation

Oct 1993 - Mar 1998

4 years 6 months

Project Manager, Product Manager

Genossenschaftlicher Informationsservice GIS GmbH (DZ Bank)

New development of a financial information system for Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken throughout Germany: Project management, preparation of the training concept, implementation management
DZ Bank trading system: Project management, functional enhancement of the trading system, implementation management, provider management

Industry experience

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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Agriculture, and Insurance.

Banking and Finance

Agriculture

Insurance

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Finance.

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Business Intelligence

Product Development

Finance

Summary

Many years of experience advising banks and financial service providers
Requirements analysis and design of IT systems and interfaces
Process analysis

Skills

Banking And Capital Markets

Banking Expertise
Banking Products
Interest Rate Derivatives (Otc And Etd), Money And Foreign Exchange Trading, Bonds And Bond Options, Promissory Notes, Investment Funds, Equities And Their Derivatives
Front, Middle And Back Office
Swift
Emir, Mifid, Priips, Sfdr, Tcfd

Software

Summit, Front Arena, B+S Banksysteme Ag Stp Trader, Corona

Project Expertise

Business Analysis, Test Management, Partial Project Management

Technical Expertise

Programming Languages: C++, Java, Vba, Python, R
Databases: Sybase, Oracle, Db2, Sql Server
Data Warehouse
Ux, Ui

Software

Jira, Confluence, Tosca, Hp Alm, Tms, Remedy, Mq Series

Standards

Xml, Scrum, Safe, Istqb

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Diplom-Informatiker · Computer Science

Banking and capital markets

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 18

Experience in Banking and Finance 29.5 y

Avg length 2 y

Longest experience 8 y 8 m

Expertise

Recent roles Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Testing, Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Business Analyst Regulatory Affairs

Main industries Banking and Finance, Agriculture, Insurance

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Profile

Member since

June 2025

Last update

October 2026

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Thomas is based in Kirchheim bei München, Germany.

Thomas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Thomas has at least 31 years of experience. During this time, Thomas has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months. Note that Thomas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Thomas would be well-suited for roles such as: Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Testing, Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Business Analyst Regulatory Affairs.

Thomas's most recent position is Business Analyst, Partial Project Management, Testing at IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE).

In recent years, Thomas has worked for IDS GmbH - Analysis and Reporting Services (Allianz SE) and Bayerische Landesbank.

Thomas is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Agriculture, and Insurance.

Thomas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Thomas also has some experience in Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Finance.

Thomas has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance and Insurance.

Thomas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Project Management.

Thomas holds a Master in Computer Science.

The availability of Thomas needs to be confirmed.

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